BORN YORK 1901. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & EMILY ELIZABETH HITCHCOCK. LEFT TWO SISTERS EMILY & ENA. DROWNED ON 02/10/1918, AGED 17. LISTED IN HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH.
Bamse was a 1,001grt, defensively-armed British Merchant Ship. On the 2nd October 1918 when 5 miles E ¾ N from the Lizard, Cornwall, England she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine UB-112. 11 lives lost.
1. HITCHCOCK, ALBERT ERNEST (17), Assistant Steward, Son of John William and Emily Elizabeth Hitchcock (nee Robinson), of 58, Peel St., Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
2. LOCKRIN , Able Seaman, SS Bamse, Mercantile Marine,
3. ORTIGA (23), Able Seaman, SS Bamse, Born in Chili,
4. PORTER, BERNARD (49), Donkeyman, SS Bamse,
5. PULLAN, WILLIAM HENRY (26), Able Seaman
6. ROBERTS, THOMAS (17), Able Seaman, SS Bamse,
7. SOTO, FRANCISCO (42), Able Seaman, Born in Chili,
8. STANFORD, WILLIAM (18), Mess Room Boy,
9. TILLTI, JOHN MATSON (58), Able Seaman, SS Bamse,
10. WATKINS , Mate, SS Bamse, Mercantile Marine,
11. WINCHESTER, ALFRED BLACK (45), Chief Engineer,
Hitchcock, Albert Ernest
First name:
ALBERT ERNEST
Regiment:
Rank:
Steward
Date Died
02/10/1918
Place died:
Sea
Age:
17
